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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES DECREASED MARGINALLY BY 0.6%.
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1994, AT $462.1 BILLION, INCREASED BY 11% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993. THIS WAS SUPPORTED LARGELY BY THE GROWTH IN HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE 10 PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MOST PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $11.1 BILLION OR 34%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6.8 BILLION OR 16%); TEXTILES (BY $6.3 BILLION OR 16%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $2.6 BILLION OR 20%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $2.6 BILLION OR 18%); FOOTWEAR (BY $2.4 BILLION OR 15%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1.9 BILLION OR 6.8%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $4.9 BILLION OR 21%).
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR MAY 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY AUGUST 1994.
DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY/ TERRITORY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE MAY 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN MAY 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $86 PER COPY FROM JULY 21.
THE REPORT CAN BE PURCHASED EITHER AT (1) THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, OR (II) THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
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